[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E562]
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      TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT MARC E. HALL AND COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE

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                         HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 9, 1995
  Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to two 
Sacramento community assets: Cosumnes River College and the man who has 
led the college's remarkable growth and success, president Marc E. 
Hall. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Cosumnes River College 
and the end of Dr. Hall's tenure as president.
  Cosumnes River College opened in 1970, in a storefront in south 
Sacramento. In the beginning, student enrollment was slightly over 
2,000 and in the 25 years which have passed, the college has attracted 
an average semester enrollment of 9,000 students at their main campus 
alone.
  Since its first year, the college has served more than 152,000 
students, illustrating a growth which has necessitated the college's 
newly expanded El Dorado Center and the Folsom Lake Center.
  During the last 25 years, the college's curriculum has expanded and 
contracted to reflect the region's job and economic markets. A 
statewide leader in partnerships, CRC has joined with other educational 
institutions and business and industry leaders such as Ford Motor Co., 
Sacramento Educational Cable Commission, PacWest Cable, Citizens 
Telecommunication and several allied health agencies, all in an effort 
to bring quality education to the region's students.
  With the benefit of strong leadership, the college has become an 
active participant in community affairs and has led a movement in 
establishing educational goals for its service area.
  An example of the college's success is the foodservice production and 
control program to the area in the 1989-90 school year. The program 
includes a special cooperative effort with the Sacramento Area 
Community Kitchen, training unemployed workers for careers in the 
foodservice industry while simultaneously preparing nutritious meals 
for the area's homeless shelters. This cooperative effort took 80 
percent of the students enrolled in this special food preparation 
course off the public assistance rolls and put them to work in a 
variety of jobs. The college has implemented many other partnership 
programs, reflecting a model approach to serving both students, workers 
and employers in this region.
  Three of the four presidents of CRC are still active in the local 
education and business communities. Oliver Durand, founding president, 
Vincent ``Pete'' Padilla, emeritus and Dr. Marc E. Hall, current 
president. All three were recently recognized by the college's 
foundation for their excellent leadership and commitment to education.
  Dr. Hall, has chosen to close his tenure as president in June of this 
year and will return to the scene of his first love, the classroom. He 
will be sorely missed by the staff and the students who followed his 
leadership through the shared governance process, during one of the 
community's largest growth periods.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting the outstanding 
contributions Cosumnes River College has made to the region and also in 
thanking Dr. Hall for his remarkable leadership.


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